When a song by two collaborating bands is called Collaborations Don't Work, there are roughly two possibilities: it's a bit of a silly way to get rid of critics, or it's irony. Now music and irony are a difficult marriage. The American brothers Mael from (the 'S' from the band name) were masters of it in their heyday, in the mid-1970s. The Scottish band ('FF') has tried three albums after their
… cool debut album from 2004 (right, boys?), But as a result seemed to be heading for a future on Pinkpop Classics and requests for one more time. . This collaboration comes at an interesting time and - apologies for the huge amount of money - it does work. Ron and Russell Mael take the Scots by the hand in the very strong opener Johnny Delusional and show in Police Encounters how carelessly you can get away with a chorus like 'Bomp bom diddy diddy, Bomp bom diddy diddy, Police encounters'. All this makes us very curious about what Franz Ferdinand is going to do afterwards. (RME)more
